The paper knows who to go ...
(The Gold of Naples - De Sica)
Here's an interesting anecdote published along with the video on youtube, I hope it is true:
is' little known history about the participation of Vittorio De Sica as the star of this episode. The great director - who often took the road the actors and extras for his film - in fact offered the role of Count Prospero criminal lawyer Alfredo Jelardi (Benevento 1890-1963) after seeing him discuss a case in court in Naples. When the lawyer was called by De Sica, in a large hotel on the waterfront Naples, went to the appointment, accompanied by his three young grandchildren. He listened carefully to the proposal of the role to interpret, although having never played either at the cinema and not the theater. After much thought, the lawyer Jelardi - which had been a pupil of the great Enrico De Nicola, and was well known in Naples - but decided to decline because, he said, the role of the slave count of the game and impoverished reflected, for too many issues, his personal history. De Sica persisted for a long time to accept the part, but the prince of the Sunni hole was adamant. Their meeting ended with a handshake and a request for Jelardi Alfredo De Sica which agreed with a touch of pride: the director would play that part personally inspired by him. And so it was.
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